MY ROLE
I was part of a four person lead exhibition development team to reinstall this Core Gallery. My projects were particularly focused on community voices and interactive experiences. 

• I PROVIDED VISION AND COACHED a small team to produce “community voice” and interactive exhibits.

• I WROTE INTERPRETIVE PLANS and EXHIBITION LABELS. 

• I RESEARCHED CONTENT and COMMUNITY STORIES in collaboration with content experts. 

• I DEVELOPED AND PROTOTYPED INTERACTIVE EXPERIENCES in collaboration with designer and curator.

• I WROTE MEDIA SCRIPTS AND CO-PRODUCED A VIDEO installation called Who Owns the Land and a series of Community Voice videos.

• I LED COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE PROCESSES to develop exhibit components.

Exhibition Photography: Matthew Millman, Ramon Felix, Christine Lashaw

This 30,000 square foot core gallery at The Oakland Museum of California (OMCA) was reinstalled in 2013 and is currently on view.

The gallery features seven places throughout California that depict the state’s diversity of climate, geology, habitats, ecosystems, and wildlife, while exploring current research, contemporary issues of land use, environmental conflict, and conservation projects. Incorporated throughout the gallery are voices of local community members and scientists illuminating their connection to each place.

Four projects that I produced are:

“Who Owns the Land”, a video with 10 people who have deep connections with Sutter Buttes but have differing opinions about private land ownership, public access and the effect this has on the natural world and their lives.

Youth Stories, a collaboration with six young people from Youth Radio exploring their connection to nature in the city using words, sounds and images, displayed on an ipad in the Oakland lounge.

Oakland Community Stories, 8 videos profiling community members and organizations in Oakland who love, care for, research or have history with the city. 

Cordell Bank, Ocean of Plastic Lounge, an art installation by Judith and Richard Lang that helps to illuminate the problems surrounding this issue and engage visitors in conversation through interactive experiences.